Vehicle-seat.



"gag 5 w H W A TTOHNE Y8 No. 645,888. Patented Mar. 20, I900. J. BURNS.

VEHICLE SEAT.

( App1ication filed June 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES THE NORRI5 PETERS co. morau'ruo" WASHINGTON, n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BURNS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,888, dated March 20, 1900.

Application filed June 29,1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BURNS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Seat, of which the following'is a full, clean, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the structure of vehicle-bodies, including the bodies of automobile vehicles, the improvements relating specifically to a new arrangement of the seatdevicea'the in? vention being especially fitted for use in connection with the running-gear disclosed in my copending application for Letters Patent filed of even date herewith.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a view illustrating theseat devices, the view being in section on the line 4 4. of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, and Fig.3 is a fragmentary plan view of the seat devices.

For the purpose of permitting the driver of the vehicle to readily adjust his seat the vehicle is provided with a seat 19, having laterally-projecting studs 20, and these studs 20 Serial No. 722,268. (No model.)

construction the seat 19 may be raised or lowered and held at any desired elevation or in clination.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I j Paten t- 1. The combination with a vehicle, of

ratchet-plates attached' to the side walls of the vehiclebodyjinside thereof, a seat, and

studs attached rigidly t0 the seat and working with the ratchet-plates to adj ustably hold the seat. 1

2. The combination of two plates adapted to be secured at opposite sides of the vehicle and each plate having two rows of ratchetteeth formed thereon, each plate also having flanges facing the respective rows of ratchetteeth, and a seat having two studs at each end, the studs respectively working with the rows of ratchet-teeth to adjustably hold the seat.

' JAMES BURNS. Witnesses:

JOHN H. Oos'rELLo, JOHN DONEGAN. 

